Bread & Spirit Therapy with the New Poor: Diversity of Race, Culture, and Values

by Aponte, Harry J.

• ISBN13: 9780393701760
• ISBN10: 039370176X
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-11-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

"This is not another how-to book, although it is practical and applied. Instead, it is a book that addresses the tough situations and quandries facing therapists working with clients who differ from them in culture, ethnicity, lifestyle, or beliefs." --Contemporary Psychology

Author Biography

Harry J. Aponte, M.S.W., A.C.S.W. has clinical appointments at Hahnemann University and Widener University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Underorganization in the Poor Family	p. 13
Assessment in Family Therapy	p. 32
Family Therapy and the Community	p. 58
Home/Community-Based Services: The Two-Tier Approach	p. 71
The Family-School Interview: An Ecostructural Approach	p. 83
"Too Many Bosses"	p. 98
"If I Don't Get Simple, I Cry"	p. 122
Training of the Person of the Therapist for Work with the Poor and Minorities	p. 147
The Negotiation of Values in Therapy	p. 168
About Forgiving	p. 186
Strength and Vulnerability	p. 213
Epilogue	p. 241
Bibliography	p. 249
Index	p. 253
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